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PITRESSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pitressin mean? 

PITRESSIN (noun)
  The noun PITRESSIN has 1 sense:

1. hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubulesplay

  Familiarity information: PITRESSIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITRESSIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ADH; antidiuretic hormone; Pitressin; vasopressin

Hypernyms ("Pitressin" is a kind of...):

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)


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